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Minimalism's an odd thing. I find it really depends on context. Minimalistic story telling in a video game or some such thing, is awesome, the same thing in a b
by grawprog 7y ago
Minimalism's an odd thing. I find it really depends on context. Minimalistic story telling in a video game or some such thing, is awesome, the same thing in a book, not so great and in movies can be hit or miss.
From a ui design standpoint, I can't stand minimalism most of the time. The lack of immediately apparent information and context can be infuriating. Whereas a minimalistic design in some kind of manual tool would tend to make things more straightforward and easy.
Minimalistic music can be great for setting atmosphere under certain contexts, but wouldn't be great for a dance party.
Minimalism is a tool that should be applied.to situations where 'having less is more'. Otherwise it just detracts from whatever you're trying to do and should be used sparingly.
- nixpulvis 7y agoMinimalistic dance music (MDM) sounds like exactly what I'm missing in my life. I mean I have a bit already, but sometimes it gets to poppy. Just gotta tug on the right notes, ignore the rest. Mix it up, but only when you need to. Don't overthink it, yet spend the time needed to make it juuuust right. As Mark Twain famously said: “I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” P.S. `less` is literally `more` on most UNIX systems.
- nmyk 7y agoMinimal techno had a big moment in EDM circles in the '00s as the bombastic productions of the '90s started to be seen as cheesy and overcooked. See for example: https://youtu.be/daSid6Lh9Vs https://youtu.be/daSid6Lh9Vs
- nixpulvis 7y agoI'm personally more of a fan of things like OG DJ Distance for minimalism. this track hits me where it feels: https://youtu.be/3AT8szyLD0k https://youtu.be/3AT8szyLD0k Turns out, two "movements" (repeated?), and little bit of variation is enough to dance to, and generally make for a pretty good song.
- nmyk 7y agoJust saw this again - I listened to that track and really enjoyed it! I typically go for softer, more melodic stuff, but there is still a teenage metalhead in me that really digs this.